Have you considered a vw caddy? There was one guy on here who had one that had gone over £300,000 miles with very little trouble. Can`t remember who it was though.
The one that he's buying will have as it'll be at least 10 years old. He's tighter than a fishes bottom
Not considered a caddy might look into one of them.
Depends on the age of the van, the newer ford's with AdBlue have a wet belt.
No adblue with mine(2017).I thought it was the custom that had wet belts not the connects.my bad!
Sometimes they have different engines but they are all the same shell. We have a 63 plate Doblo, it has a different engine than the Combo of the same era.
Ask Gary Google and all is revealed, the more I look into Ford and wet belts I'd avoid one like the plague £1,000 bil or more every 4 years basically my wife and I were considering a custom that has been totally ruled out as off this morning I found this https://fordtransit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=225908 and it has put me right off.
It will be interesting to see if this actually happens at all because I have been watching vans for a few weeks and I'm seeing some just sitting at dealerships and private sellers for over 2 months, I picked up a well-priced Berlingo with less than 50k on the clock last summer because the dealer had two of them for 3 months and hadn't been able to sell them.
I was looking at those Combo’s recently. Less than 40k, no more than 10 years old. They were up for £6.4-7k. Where our office is there is a chap who buys and sells cars, has an account at the auctions etc. He was able to show me where the vans originated from just by the number plate. He went down to the auctions, the next lot going through had approx 10k less miles. They were piling through the auction at £7k plus fees. The week later on Autotrader the first lot had sold and those new ones were up. The price had gone up to £9-10k. This is much closer to the price of the Berlingos etc.
How do you find the doblo? good payload I think but varies as they do. The ford connects can have decent payload but also have the wet belt issue in the newer models I think
To be honest I hate driving it but lads have all taken to it well. Had it 3 years now, only getting rid because it’s getting old now. I hate it because my Dispatch has cruise control, air con and apple car play. It’s pretty rapid as vans go and has a phenomenal payload for its size (over a tonne)
I am surprised prices have spiked after the budget along with Xmas coming up and the aftermath things are usually slowing down and of course then we have the effect of budget kicking in as of April, genuinely surprised.
Are they not inflating the prices in preparation for the New Year."Sales"
Hard to say isn't it, some businesses are thriving and others aren't I'd have thought it's a risky strategy if they are they need sales to survive,
I don’t know if they’ve spiked. The Combo was a couple of grand cheaper than its counterparts despite being the same van. There were quite a few available with circa 40k. I think they just used the change in availability (the same amount of vans but now circa 30k) to even out the price.
From what I understand, looking at BCA sales etc, that’s what they want to walk away with now. You’ve got to churn quantity. The auction place wants £400, you’ll have a hundred or so to get it home, list it with a mark up for just over a grand and hope for the best.
I was talking to a lad I have known most my life the other week and a van seller he knows isn't making many sales or profit he is maybe making £500 or so on second hand vans all good vans as well low mileage one owner etc which is all he buys.
We are currently looking at VW Transporter campervans the prices vary quite a bit up ad down the country but nothing is really shifting but they don't this time of year but even private sellers trying to max out on price aren't managing to sell their vans,
I have just bought a 23 plate transit custom pre registered with only 600 miles on the clock I haggled with the dealer and the final price they made less than £800 on it and they had it in stock for just under a year .
I was talking to a lad I have known most my life the other week and a van seller he knows isn't making many sales or profit he is maybe making £500 or so on second hand vans all good vans as well low mileage one owner etc which is all he buys.
